Combined pocket-book and head-rest



(No Model.)

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1 COMBINED POCKET BOOK AND HEAD REST. No. 531,165. Patented Deo. 18, 1894.

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U ITED STATES,

PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK D ENIO, OF BAY CITY, MICHIGAN.

COMBINED POCKET-BOOK AND HEAD-REST.

.SPEGIFTGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 531,165, dated December 18, 1894. Application filed January 19,1894. Serial No. 497,418. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK DENIO, a citizen of the United States, residing at Bay City, in the county of Bay and State of Michigan, have invented a new and useful Combined Pocket- Book and Head-Rest, of which the following is a specification.

The objects of my invention are to produce a combined pocket-book and head-rest, the

same being designed to be carried by travelers and others, and in addition to serving its useful function as a convenient pocket-book, to also serve as a head-rest to be applied to the backs of railway seats, for receiving and supporting in a comfortable manner the head of the occupant.

I Other objects and advantages of the invention will appear in the following description and the novel features thereof will be particularly pointed out in the claims.

Referring to the drawingsz-Figure 1 is a perspective view of a portion of the back of a railway-seat, the same having mounted thereon a combined pocket-book and headrest constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of the same in detail. Fig. 3 is a trans-' Verse sectional view thereof. Fig. 4 is a detail of one of the clips for securing the headrest in a compressed condition. Fig. 5 is a detail of the'combined pocket-book and headrest, the same being folded as when in use as a pocket-book. Fig. 6 is an inverted plan of the base-plate. Fig. 7 is a plan view of the device unfolded.

Like numerals of reference indicate like parts in all the figures of the drawings.

In practicing my invention I employa light, sheet-metal oblong base-plate 1, and the same is of such shape as to adapt it to rest upon the-upper edge of the back of a railway-seat. I secure upon the base 1 at proper points, by rivets 2, opposite coiled-springs 3, which are of sufficient tensile resistance to yieldingly support the head of a person. The upper terminals of the coiled-springs are, by rivets 4, secured to the under side ofia light sheetmetal head-rest 5, which may be covered with any suitable light upholstering, such for instance, as plush; and in order to be rendered flexible is preferably constructed of light sheet-brass or steel. Pairs of headed studs 6 depend through the base-plate 1, adjacent to the opposite ends thereof, and they also pass through longitudinal slots 7, which are formed in horizontally disposed U-shaped sliding clips 8, whose upper bent ends are designedto engage over the opposite edges of the headrest 5 when the latter is compressed against the tension of its springs, whereby said headrest is maintained in close. proximity to the base 1.

Near the rear edge of the base-plate 1, and to the under side thereof, I pivot by rivets 9, curved spring fingers 9, which may be swung under the head-rest or at right-angles thereto, and therefore when in the latter position are adapted to take at the rear side of the back of a seat and embrace the same. These fingers are flexible and may be swung inward and over keepers 11,with which the under side of the base-plate l is provided, and they occupy such position when not in use and the head-rest is compressed upon the base.

In connection with the herein described head-rest, I employ a flexible cover of leather, the same consisting of a main or central oblong blank or section 12 having front and rear flaps 13 and 14 respectively, and opposite end-flaps 15, the said flaps being adapted to fold upon each other and upon the section'l2I One edge of the base-plate is riveted at 16 to the inner edge of the main or front-flap 13, whereby the cover and head-rest are secured together. It will be observed that when the head-rest is compressed upon the base 1 and the flaps 15, 13 and 14 are folded thereupon,

they may be secured in their folded position by means of an elastic band 17, or any other ordinary fastening. When in this condition the device is designed to serve the'purpose of a bill or note-book, in which may be placed greenbacks. /Such greenbacks may be securely and conveniently contained within the book by folding the flaps 13, 14 and 15 in position thereupon, as in the manner of an ordinary pocket-book or wallet.

The entire device is verylightand thin, and may be carried by a person in a convenient manner and similar to an ordinary pocketbook or wallet. 7

When it is desired to use the device as a head-rest, the flaps 13, 14 and 15 are swung outward from their folded positions and the spring-fingers 9 swung rearward at right angles to the head-rest, the clips 8 having been withdrawn so as to liberate said headrest and permit the springs to support the same, after which the clips may be reinserted or pushed inward out of the way. The device is now arranged over the upper edge of a seat-back, the clips bearing on the flap 14, which will be located between the upholstering of the seat and the fingers, so as to protect the former, and the front flap 13 being of sufficient length, will pass down between the back of the person occupying the seat and the back of the seat, whereby, as will be obvious, the spring-fingers will prevent the device from tilting upward, and the pressure of the back of the person against the flap 13 will prevent it from tilting backward, so that it will be retained in position. When so arranged, the person may assume any reclining position desired,the back of the head resting upon the head-rest, and being yieldingly and comfortably supported out of contact with the hard back of the seat, in a manner that will be obvious.

From the foregoing description in connection with the accompanying drawings, it will be seen that I have provided a very simple,

cheap and light construction of combined pocket-book and head-rest, in the employ- .ment of which the head of a person may be comfortably supported, and which may be compactly folded when not in use, and employed as an ordinary pocket-book or Wallet.

I do not limit my invention to the precise details of construction herein shown and described, but hold that I may vary the same to any degree and extent within the knowledge of the skilled mechanic, without departing from the principles or sacrificing the advantages thereof.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is 1. In acombined head rest and pocket book, the combination of a base-plate, a superimposed head-rest plate, intermediate coiled springs studs depending from the base-plate, horizontally disposed slidable and slotted U shaped keepers secured to the base plate by the studs and having their upper ends arranged to engage over the ends of the headrest plate, when the latter is compressed upon the base, and flaps for folding over the head rest plate to form a pocket-book substantial] y as specified.

2. In acombined pocket book and head rest, the combination with the base plate, the superimposed yieldingly supported head-rest plate, flaps to fold over the latter to form a pocket book, and means for holding the head rest plate in a compressed position, of the opposite pivoted curved spring-fingers for engaging the back of the seat, and the keepers arranged on the lower face of the baseplate and adapted to receive and hold the free ends of said fingers, whereby the latter are held flat against the lower faces of the base plate, substantially as specified.

3. A head-rest, consisting of the base plate, the superimposed head-rest plate, the intermediate springs, and means for holding the head rest plate in a compressed position, combined with the cover attached to the baseplate, and comprising the opposite end-flaps 15 and the front and rear flaps 13 and 14., and adapted to fold over the head-rest plate to form a pocketbook, substantially as specified.

4. In a combined pocket-book and head-rest, the combination of a base plate, a superimposed head-rest plate, intermediate coiled springs, means for holding the head-rest plate in a compressed position, and flaps secured to the base plate and arranged to fold over the head-rest plate,substantially as described.

5. The combination with a folding cover consisting of the main section 12, opposite end-flaps 15, the front-flap 13 and the reartlap 14, of the base-plate l, secured at one edge at 16 to the flap 13, the head-rest plate, the cushioning springs arranged upon the base plate and supporting the head-rest plate, means for holding the head-rest plate in a compressed position, the spring-fingers arranged beneath the base-plates and adapted to project therefrom to engage the back of a seat and to swing thereunder for folding, and means for locking the springs in their folded positions, substantially as specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto aflixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

FRANK DENIO.

Witnesses:

E. A. GooLEY, EDWARD A. TERONGO. 

